Articles by: Monkeetime

Brunei popped up on my travel itinerary quite spontaneously. I needed to do a visa run, and havin already gone to just about every place in S. E. Asia with the exception of Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Brunei, I though, “fuck it, Brunei it is!”, given the difficulties in getting to the other two. I booked a dirt […]

Spending several months at a time, and making my base there, I have been returning to Thailand’s Koh Tao island every year for the past ten. There are several great reasons for that, as well as a multitude of tiny ones. It is a comfy place. It is a quaint place. It is fun, it is a party, yet it […]

Several different PADI Instructor Packages are available to you at DJL Diving, so you can decide if you’d like to train as an PADI Assistant Instructor, PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor, PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer [MSDT] or a PADI Staff Instructor. Why should you choose DJL for your Instructor Development Course? ALL COURSES TAUGHT BY PLATINUM RATED PADI COURSE […]

This is the first step to becoming a PADI dive professional for those wanting to pursue a new career in scuba diving. The PADI Divemaster course is available to PADI Rescue Divers only. If you are not yet at this level please see the Divemaster page to learn about Course Prerequisites. Includes: PADI Divemaster Manual & Crew Pack PADI Instructor Manual Encyclopedia […]

Take the next step down to depths of 30m with the advanced course. Lasts 2 days and includes 5 open water speciality dives of your choice. At Davy Jones Locker we teach a maximum of 4 students per instructor. This is to maintain our high standards of teaching and to ensure all students have a fun yet safe learning experience. We […]

The PADI Open Water Course is the first PADI diving course for beginners. The course lasts 4 Days and includes a confined pool session and 4 open water dives from our dive boat (max 18m depth). At Davy Jones Locker we teach a maximum of 4 students per instructor. This is to maintain our high standards of teaching and to […]

A single afternoon introduction dive with a PADI Instructor for those who want a taster of what Scuba Diving is all about. Includes a theory session and a shallow water skills intro dive to a maximum depth of 12 meters. Includes: Scuba Diving Theory Session Shallow water skills & intro dive [max 12 metres] Full equipment hire included Option to […]

Are you looking for something amazing? Do you want to do something others can only dream of? Do you wish to help people transform their lives? To open doors you didn’t even know existed? All of this, and more, awaits you as a PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor, and Davy Jones Locker Diving on Thailand’s Koh Tao island is […]

Divemaster is the first professional level within the PADI system of diver training. This course is your ticket to a great lifestyle of beaches, sea and diving. It is your passport to the tropics and a job you will enjoy. The Divemaster program allows you to stay in a tropical paradise not only gaining more diving experience, but learning how to guide […]

Sandy beaches, palm trees, water as blue as the sky, and serenity: who doesn’t love this? Every year I spend a few months on Koh Tao, which is Thailand’s little slice of paradise, and now let me tell you about it! At 21 square kilometres, Koh Tao is a relatively small island, a quiet slice of tropical paradise on the […]